Politics

KYIV - Ukrainian guards fired warning shots to prevent a stampede at Kyiv's central railway station on Friday (Feb 25) as...

Miley Cyrus ‘stands in solidarity’ with Ukrainians, Arnold Schwarzenegger hopes ‘sanity will eventually prevail’

by Bang

Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, is "standing in solidarity" with Ukraine, amid the Ukraine-Russia invasion. The singer has recalled having the...

Russian forces capture Ukrainian city amid missile strikes, Russia’s news agency reports

KYIV - Russian forces captured the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Saturday (Feb 26), Russia's Interfax news agency reported,...

Russian troops advance on Kyiv as Ukrainian leader pleads for help

KYIV - Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday (Feb 25) as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President...

Shocks and missteps: How Sri Lanka’s economy ended in crisis

February 25, 2022

COLOMBO - In late November 2019, after winning Sri Lanka's presidential election and months ahead of a parliamentary ballot that would...

From Tokyo to New York, thousands protest against invasion of Ukraine

February 25, 2022

Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York...

Russia launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine

MOSCOW/KYIV - Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday (Feb 24), the biggest attack...

Myanmar junta vows ‘no negotiation’ with civilian government, bemoans global ‘fake news’ campaign

by Bhavan Jaipragas

Myanmar's ruling generals are the subject of a global "fake news" campaign that unfairly pins blame on them for the...

US slaps sanctions on company building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline

WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday (Feb 23) imposed sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia's Nord...

Oil breaches $135 for first time since 2014 on Ukraine attacks